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Muslim Brotherhood claims victory in Egypt

The Muslim Brotherhood claims their candidate has won the presidency. | Reuters

But after a highly polarized presidential election and the miltary's arrogation of powers to itself, the Brotherhood presented itself as willing to get into a confrontation with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, the body of top generals headed by Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi, Mubarak's defense minister for 20 years.

Just before the election, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which has ruled since Mubarak's fall, slapped de facto martial law on the country, giving military police and intelligence agents the right to arrest civilians for a host of suspected crimes, some as secondary as obstructing traffic. Then came Thursday's ruling by the Supreme Constitutional Court dissolving parliament, followed by the interim constitution declaration just after polls closed Sunday following two days of voting.

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According to a copy of the document obtained by The Associated Press, the generals would be the nation's legislators and control the budget. They also will name the 100-member panel tasked with drafting a new constitution, thus ensuring the new charter would guarantee them a say in key policies like defense and national security as well as shield their vast economic empire from civilian scrutiny.

The president will be able to appoint a Cabinet and approve or reject laws.

Under the document, new parliament elections will not be held until a new constitution is approved, meaning an election in December at the earliest. In the constitution-writing process, the military can object over any articles and the Supreme Constitutional Court — which is made up of Mubarak-era appointees — will have final say over any disputes.

Earlier Sunday, the Brotherhood's speaker of parliament Saad el-Katatni met with the deputy head of the military council, Chief of Staff Gen. Sami Anan and told him the group does not recognize the dissolution of parliament, according to a Brotherhood statement that pointedly referred to el-Katatni by his title.

El-Katatni insisted the military could not issue an interim constitution and that the constituent assembly formed last week would meet in the "coming hours" to go ahead with its work in writing the permanent charter.

Still, the Brotherhood has no power to force recognition of the parliament-created constituent assembly, which already seems discounted after parliament's dissolution and is likely to be formally disbanded by a pending court ruling. Lawmakers are literally locked out of parliament, which is ringed by troops.

It is interesting that so many diehard supporters of the Jewish State are so opposed to an Islamic state. Personally I would not want to live in either, nor would I want to live in a military-controlled state. Regarding Egypt, the hope is that through compromise the democratic process can be preserved and all minority rights protected.

Images have to be cleaned, the military will appoint a general that claims to be on the side of the revolution, and parliamentary members will know the art of speaking with a forked tongue that pleases the rabble. Egypt’s new leaders will be Devils in disguise, and the greediest will appear to be Islamic.

Grover Norquest and all of his GOP/TP traitor’s that have abandoned the Constitution and pledged allegiance to him and his factual ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, HUMAS and Islamic Jihadist must be pleased.

"Things have not changed at all. It is as if the revolution never happened," Ayat Maher, a 28-year-old mother of three, said as she waited for her husband to vote in Cairo's central Abdeen district. She said she voted for Morsi, but did not think there was much hope for him.

"The same people are running the country. The same oppression and the same sense of enslavement. They still hold the keys to everything."

Told you so.

Democrat idiots.

This is a monument to Obama FAILURE and Liberal STUPIDITY.

They will end up with another military dictator or a Sharia Law Islamic state. Or a combination thereof.

Ssshhhussssh ! Can you hear that ? Listen closely ! Can you hear that sound ? Do you know what that sound is ? That's the sound, of Saber's rattleing all over the world !

Ive been hearing it, for some time now . Almost 3 year's now, ever since 2008 election, that Ive been able to hear it . Im suprised that Liberal's cant seem to hear it . But then Liberal's are known for only hearing, what they wanna hear .

Arab spring ? More like the Dog Day's, of Summer, right before the Fall, of a nuclear winter !

Why are you of the impression that Dem's, are idiot's ? Well maybe there constituency, are uneducated, and easily mis -led . But Im of the impression that there leadership, is on the ball here. You see, you might want to consider, that it's all on purpose, with an Evil objective, in mind ?

I base this theory, on the assumption, that nobody can actually be this confoundedly ignorant ! How ever Evil Diabolical Plann's, of World Domination, on the other hand, does seem to fitt, there action's . For me, it just seem's to offer, a better sense of the realistic perception, of what's really going on here . Simply putt ? Nobody is as ignorant, as these folk's put on to be . Not even Biden !

Egypt and the Congo both have 80 million people but the Congolese are far more precious. If Egyptians did not threaten to suicide Israel the Congo would gain more media attention, their wildlife is magnificent. The U.S. should transfer its billion dollar support of Egypt to the Congo; it would save the elephants and rhinos that are on the verge of extinction. These animals are more interesting to photograph than the boring unmoving pyramids.